I work in a hospital.
I was bringing a guy out to the exit and he gave me this sinceare, heartfelt ‘thank you for your service! I know it’s tough cause of all this covid crap, but I appreciate you, you guys don’t get enough credit, thank you so much, thank you for your service.’
I didn’t have the heart to tell him covid isn’t a big deal.
Like, guy, I just wear a mask all day and that’s it. My life hasn’t changed at all.
You are not a piece of trash. The medical professionals were deceived too. Some of the Covid cases are not always a big deal depending where you are. But we do see some cases difficult to treat especially in the elderly. People on the outside just believe the hero hype because of what they are told by media. The truth is we are no more heros than anyone else who deals with this stupid virus. My life has changed I work a lot of extra shifts now staff out sick. We have lost a couple of coworkers too. It is not the patient load that is doable when people are not out sick.